Melandri: “I hope to take another step forward”

Marco Melandri hopes to build on his performance in Argentina, where he finished less than a minute behind the winner Rossi.

The Aprilia Racing Team Gresini rider was just 56 seconds behind Rossi when he crossed the line at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, and is hoping he can improve even more in Jerez.

Marco Melandri:
“The Jerez track is really nice but it is also quite difficult and complete from a technical point of view with both slow turns and fast turns. Restarting after the slow curves is a particularly demanding situation where we need to improve but I'm counting a lot on the technical changes that Aprilia has prepared for this round. I hope that they will let us take another step forward. We'll be putting forth our best effort as always.”